Eastern Australian salmon
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| Eastern Australian Salmon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Arripidae |
| Genus: | Arripis |
| Species: | A. trutta |
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| Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801) |
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The Eastern Australian Salmon, Arripis trutta, known as Kahawai in New Zealand, is one of four species within the Arripis genus, found in cooler waters around the south eastern coast of Australia and New Zealand. Although it is referred to as a salmon in Australia, it is not related to any species of salmon (see more on family Arripidae). They typically weigh between two and five lbs.[1]
[edit] Name variants
It is known by a number of other names:
- Australian Salmon
- Bay Trout
- Black-backed Salmon
- Cocky Salmon
- Colonial Salmon
- Native Salmon
- Salmon Trout (sub-adult)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bishop, Tony. "How to catch a kahawai – a top NZ sportfish". Bish on Fish.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Arripis trutta" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
